The PRC authorities announced that they will fully entrust the implementation of the program for the study of the Moon to robots. In the automatic mode, not only the nearest missions for the landing of lunar rovers on the Earth's satellite will be conducted, but all the scientific research work on the future Chinese lunar station, reports China Daily. About plans to explore the moon with the help of robots said the representative of the China National Space Administration, who wished to remain anonymous. According to him, the entire infrastructure of the future Chinese base on the surface of the Moon will operate in an autonomous mode. In particular, the satellite is expected to create long-term sources of electricity generation. All research and conducting scientific experiments on the surface of the moon China will trust robots. The dispatch of people to the plan of space management of the People's Republic of China in the short term does not appear to be included. "By building robotic lunar stations, we will be able to conduct more extensive and in-depth scientific research," the official said at the 7th International Conference on Innovation in Space Technology held in Shanghai. In addition, the representative of the space management of the People's Republic of China confirmed plans to launch the probe "Chang-4" next year, which for the first time in the history of space research should fall to the opposite side of the Moon. Also in 2018, go to the moon, "Chang'e-5", which must collect samples of lunar soil and deliver them to Earth. At a later date, which is not yet known, three missions are planned for the exploration of the south pole of the Moon. However, the Chinese space ambitions are not limited to the exploration of the Moon. Between 2020 and 2030, 4 missions are planned in deep space:

1) landing of an automatic device on Mars; 2) delivery of the probe to one of the asteroids; 3) collection of soil samples on the surface of Mars and their delivery to Earth; 4) the launch of an automatic probe into the orbit of Jupiter. The first Chinese device for exploration of Mars is planned to be launched on board the carrier rocket "Changzheng-5", which starts from the cosmodrome on the island of Hainan in 2020.

Original article: China will send to the robot explorers.